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No but really, unfunny show. The American version sucks even more. The "horribly scripted comedy but everyone's in on it" seems to work a little bit better when pulled off with British accents, but in America, it truly falls flat.

I guess having celebrities drive on a track does have some entertainment merit.

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No but really, unfunny show. The American version sucks even more. The "horribly scripted comedy but everyone's in on it" seems to work a little bit better when pulled off with British accents, but in America, it truly falls flat.

I guess having celebrities drive on a track does have some entertainment merit.

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No but really, unfunny show. The American version sucks even more. The "horribly scripted comedy but everyone's in on it" seems to work a little bit better when pulled off with British accents, but in America, it truly falls flat.

The best of the American presenters is Adam Ferrara. OK, 'best' isn't the right word. 'Leastobjectionable', and that is because he is a veteran TV actor and stand up comic.

The biggest fault of the show is that the producers have decided the US audience (you know: morons)will think that the painful scripted sitcom-level put downs are actual chemistry between the hosts. I'vetried to watch a few episodes this season, and while it is possibly incrementally better because Tannerand Rutledge have a bit more on-camera experience, they are still mired in trying to be not just a paleimitation of the UK original, but a BAD imitation of it (see, for example, the recent US remake of TOPGEAR UK's Apocalypse car special).

I guess having celebrities drive on a track does have some entertainment merit.

They have, alas, abandoned that as of this season, and if there is one thing that the US version gotbetter than the UK version its having that little animated map of their test track in the corner so you couldfollow the course (even if it was put there as a sop th the video game-loving American audience, I for oneappreciated it since for the life of me I can't visualize the UK test track at all).

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No but really, unfunny show. The American version sucks even more. The "horribly scripted comedy but everyone's in on it" seems to work a little bit better when pulled off with British accents, but in America, it truly falls flat.

I guess having celebrities drive on a track does have some entertainment merit.

Got to agree there. Used to watch the show a few years ago, but I got a little tired of what you accurately describe as 'the horrible scripted comedy'. Plus I can't stand Jeremy Paxman.

1. Wonder how the Dutch deal with idiot cops? Will he just get "suspended with pay," or is he going to have to apply for mall security now?

2. I kind of wish we did shut down highways more often for speed tests and races. Not in major metropolitan areas, but take a look at this highway northeast of Detroit. Street View will show that it is seldom travelled, and could provide an opportunity to see how long a Bugatti's tires would last at top speed...

FTFMI agree, perhaps we've missed the better episodes.Reading Car & Driver test drive articles is more entertaining & informative. I learn more in one crapper sitting than I do from an episode of TG.(could be due to "padding" mentioned above)

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No but really, unfunny show. The American version sucks even more. The "horribly scripted comedy but everyone's in on it" seems to work a little bit better when pulled off with British accents, but in America, it truly falls flat.

I guess having celebrities drive on a track does have some entertainment merit.

8/10?

Gawd knows I've been guilty of dissing shows on Fark that I genuinely didn't like but were very popular among other farkers , but I found there's an easy solution to that.

Don't watch it!

Seriously, if you tune into a show just to hate on it then you need to rethink your priorities.

Wait, maybe tripleseven is the Stig!

Some say he hates Jeremy Clarkson because he's been turned down every time he asked him out on a date.

Some say Richard Hammond won't even let him stare at his perfect hair and shiny teeth.

Yeah, the American version is lame, but it's all relative. Stop comparing Top Gear USA to Top Gear. Instead compare Top Gear USA to Ice Road Truckers and suddenly it's awesome.

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No but really, unfunny show. The American version sucks even more. The "horribly scripted comedy but everyone's in on it" seems to work a little bit better when pulled off with British accents, but in America, it truly falls flat.

I guess having celebrities drive on a track does have some entertainment merit.

8/10?

Gawd knows I've been guilty of dissing shows on Fark that I genuinely didn't like but were very popular among other farkers , but I found there's an easy solution to that.

Don't watch it!

Seriously, if you tune into a show just to hate on it then you need to rethink your priorities.

Wait, maybe tripleseven is the Stig!

Some say he hates Jeremy Clarkson because he's been turned down every time he asked him out on a date.

Some say Richard Hammond won't even let him stare at his perfect hair and shiny teeth.

Yeah, the American version is lame, but it's all relative. Stop comparing Top Gear USA to Top Gear. Instead compare Top Gear USA to Ice Road Truckers and suddenly it's awesome.

No...no, it's not.

They've totally lost the plot this season. Not a single actual "test" (I know, TGUK doesn't really do tests so much as they hoon the shiat out of cars for ten minutes a pop) to be found. A severe lack of the Stig and Power Laps. None of their Star in a Reasonably Priced Car equivalent. Some episodes look and feel like they scrambled to watch what the Brits did and copied it word for word. And it's gotten to the point where if a car does need to be driven and driven hard, they'll come up with some lame and contrived reason to put Tanner in it, since he, I assume, is the only one who the insurance companies will allow to actually do shiat.

Oh, is it cool to hate Top Gear UK now? Damn, I was just getting into hating Community and now I have to channel all of my hatred into a show that's twice as long! With no commerical breaks! On the other hand, I suppose I could spare some hatred by directing some away from The Cleveland Show. I've been hating it since it started, and everybody hates that dreck anyway, right?

/Put down the Haterade. Hating on something popular doesn't make you cool, it makes you a douche.

Clutch2013:They've totally lost the plot this season. Not a single actual "test" (I know, TGUK doesn't really do tests so much as they hoon the shiat out of cars for ten minutes a pop) to be found. A severe lack of the Stig and Power Laps. None of their Star in a Reasonably Priced Car equivalent. Some episodes look and feel like they scrambled to watch what the Brits did and copied it word for word. And it's gotten to the point where if a car does need to be driven and driven hard, they'll come up with some lame and contrived reason to put Tanner in it, since he, I assume, is the only one who the insurance companies will allow to actually do shiat.

I haven't seen the latest TGUSA season - maybe one episode. I'm just saying it can't compare to TGUK, but if you compare it to the other crap on History channel, it's awesome. Well, not so awesome that I actually watch it anymore, but at least the last time I did it was one of their better shows.

Yeah, maybe comparing TGUSA to IRT is a bit like comparing a dried cat turd to a fresh dog turd, but still. what else does History Channel have to offer?

DjangoStonereaver:They have, alas, abandoned that as of this season, and if there is one thing that the US version got better than the UK version its having that little animated map of their test track in the corner so you could follow the course (even if it was put there as a sop th the video game-loving American audience, I for one appreciated it since for the life of me I can't visualize the UK test track at all).

I was the same until I finally saw it in GT5. If it helps, the British track is a figure-8. The tires they drive around near the start of the course are the same ones they drive past at full speed later on.

No Line For Beer:DjangoStonereaver:They have, alas, abandoned that as of this season, and if there is one thing that the US version got better than the UK version its having that little animated map of their test track in the corner so you could follow the course (even if it was put there as a sop th the video game-loving American audience, I for one appreciated it since for the life of me I can't visualize the UK test track at all).

I was the same until I finally saw it in GT5. If it helps, the British track is a figure-8. The tires they drive around near the start of the course are the same ones they drive past at full speed later on.

I have seen a plan view on Wikipedia, but even still I can't visualize the cars position on it very well.

The last time someone was as wrong as you, was when a politician stepped off an airplane in 1939 waving a piece of paper in the air saying there will be no war with Germany.

The last time someone was as wrong as you, was when a distraught old man hanged himself in his East Berlin apartment on Nov. 8, 1989, leaving a note stating he could not live another day knowing he will never see his family in West Germany again.

I have seen the show and it sucks.Over complicated insults are not humor that tickles my fancies.

FTFMI agree, perhaps we've missed the better episodes.Reading Car & Driver test drive articles is more entertaining & informative. I learn more in one crapper sitting than I do from an episode of TG.(could be due to "padding" mentioned above)

You might think that, but you'd be wrong. That show is the funniest show...in the world.

That show is very funny, but it tries too much to be the funniest thing in the world. It feels more and more scripted, and has lost a lot of its spontaneity. It especially showed in the last Africa special, where almost all situations felt staged.

You might think that, but you'd be wrong. That show is the funniest show...in the world.

That show is very funny, but it tries too much to be the funniest thing in the world. It feels more and more scripted, and has lost a lot of its spontaneity. It especially showed in the last Africa special, where almost all situations felt staged.

I love TOP GEAR UK, but have no illusions that it is anything other than an entertainment show especially after they 'enhanced' the presentation of their Tesla road test.

I do agree, though, that the last couple of TOP GEAR specials were rather limp, though the India special did pick up in the last half hour when they were actually showinga bit of the Himalayan countryside and people.

You might think that, but you'd be wrong. That show is the funniest show...in the world.

That show is very funny, but it tries too much to be the funniest thing in the world. It feels more and more scripted, and has lost a lot of its spontaneity. It especially showed in the last Africa special, where almost all situations felt staged.

Every single minute of the show is scripted. That's British comedy for you.

"Oh look, Jeremy driving a forklift right next to one of the junky cars they bought for the show, I hope he doesn't hit it, oh look he hit it!" As Jeremy makes his goofy "oops" face.